Chapter 21 - A Chilling Final Warning Appears on Ethan’s Screen

Late one quiet evening, after Clara and the baby fell fast asleep upstairs, Ethan sat at his secure study desk.
He finished reviewing the final architectural blueprints for the upcoming fiscal quarter on his encrypted laptop screen.
Suddenly, all open windows minimized automatically, replaced by a blinking red text command prompt.
An unknown sender typed a single cryptic message across the black monitor screen in real-time:
“Julian is locked away, but the offshore syndicate that financed his operation is still watching your family.”
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Ethan stared at the glowing screen in sudden chilling silence as the study lights flickered off one by one.
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